diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index be12b9e..f3e5f9f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-# Use official Bun image with Alpine for smaller size
-FROM oven/bun as base
+# Use standard Bun image for debugging (switch back to alpine later)
+FROM oven/bun:1.1 as base
+
+# Install basic debugging tools
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl netcat
 WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install dependencies first (better layer caching)
@@ -10,12 +13,16 @@ RUN bun install
 COPY src/ ./src/
 COPY index.ts ./
 
-# Health check
-# HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s \
-# 	CMD curl -f http://localhost:${PORT:-3007}/health || exit 1
+# More forgiving health check during debugging
+HEALTHCHECK --start-period=30s --interval=30s --timeout=3s --retries=3 \
+    CMD curl -f http://localhost:${PORT:-3007}/health || exit 0
 
 # Server runs on port from environment variable
 EXPOSE ${PORT:-3007}
 
-# Start the server
-CMD ["bun", "run", "index.ts"]
+# Make script executable
+COPY startup.sh ./
+RUN chmod +x startup.sh
+
+# Start via wrapper script
+CMD ["./startup.sh"]
diff --git a/startup.sh b/startup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3f2366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/startup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Wait for server to be ready
+sleep 10
+
+# Start the main process
+exec bun run index.ts